�They wanted someone totally opposite to the stereotypical �pervert� � and it was really good that because it could be anybody doing this, maybe the fella next door, then one day you have the police taking him away� say Sam, the husband of ex-Page 3 girl Linda Lusardi.
The experienced musical theatre actor had his first taste of playing a baddie last year in a stage production of Carousel �I loved it� beams Sam. �I go addicted to playing baddies and when this part came up I was in heaven. Linda had played Snow White in pantos for years and she asked to be the Wicked Queen and said afterwards �I�ll never play Snow White again! Its so much more fun being wicked!��
Playing a baddie, explains Sam, is not just more enjoyable, its easier to do.
�When you play a nice guy you have to get the right mix between the genuine and smarmy; it�s quite a fine line and if you get it wrong people can see right through you. Bu there are no rules on how to be bad � if you�re playing a psycho you can be whatever you want to be, so I find it much easier to be bad.
�Gary really is quite vile. I�m getting into it so much that there�s things I�m doing without realising it, like he might touch Sarah�s face and the stroke his fingers. I watched one of my scenes and thought �Oh you�re horrible.��
As father of two, Sam confesses that he could easily feel uncomfortable playing a man who preys on young girls via the Internet. |
